@emptywheel @lyda Is that a more general statement about privatization, or applicable to healthcare only?
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Replying to @dmeyerlind
@aryballoi Avoiding counterproductive care? It's probably both. Consequences of counterproductive care can kill you.@lyda1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@lyda Whoa. Let's not conflate "unnecessary" and "counterproductive."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dmeyerlind
@aryballoi The difference in cost was $72K. But at least according to studies, Euro treatment = same outcome, FAR less side effects@lyda1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@lyda Sure. (You're talking to a German.) But it's not like European-style healthcare affords you more choice.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dmeyerlind
@aryballoi No. Tho "choice" in US overstated. Hard to get doctors you want w/o wait, hard to access certain treatments.@lyda1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@lyda You're missing the point. Obamacare and its antecedents aren't representative of how private healthcare works/would work.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@lyda Beats me. But it certainly wouldn't resemble this ungodly Frankenbeast you Americans kludged together.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dmeyerlind
@emptywheel@lyda Single-payer is extremely expensive. And it's increasingly antithetical to choice, even in Europe.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@aryballoi Single payer is far cheaper than what we've got, and we don't really have much more "choice." @lyda
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